Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Faster than the Wind
This is dedicated in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the cambodian dragon boat incident. i may not know any of them, but i do have some friends who have lost their loved ones. i was a canoeist in my JC days, so i know what it's like to be a rower. Many says that it is the pride and the prestige associated with being the fittest people in school. They say that we want to how lian our bulging muscles and extreme physique.
What do we row for? Do we row to win medals? Do we row to show off? I don't think so!! We row to get that extreme exhilaration that comes when the salty spray trickles upon your face. We row to conquer the waves that threaten to slow and scuttle our boats. We row to be faster than the wind.
Reading the newspaper, there was this one person who had "as of yesterday, nothing more was known about him."
i really wonder what does this mean?
Every living person leaves footsteps in everyone's life. As dragon boat is really a passionate team-sport, I'm sure he made a huge impact on the lives of all he touched. There would be family and friends who would have already missed this child of God badly. People whose lives he has changed would wonder what the absense in their life now is.
The rest of the world may have moved on in their lives, these lost lives are but another headlines that once was, but to those who have lost someone dear, this poem is for you and them.
Faster than the Wind
The Waves rise and the winds roar,
The paddles dived down and in circles they go.
Soaring through the currents
and speeding down the river.
All we want is to be faster than the wind.
Pumping iron day and night,
Countless chin-ups on the bar
Our calloused hands and sweaty brows,
gripping on to a dream so far.
All we want is to be faster than the wind.
The horn screeched and the race begins,
insane clashes of paddle and sea.
Again the wind blows in our face,
Again the same old salty spray.
All we want is to be faster than the wind.
ahBoey blogged
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11/28/2007 04:59:00 PM
